AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCL) Short Interest Up 839.6% in December

AGNC Investment Corp. (NASDAQ:AGNCL) saw a significant growth in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 49,800 shares, a growth of 839.6% from the December 15th total of 5,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 15,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days.

AGNC Investment Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AGNCL opened at $24.50 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $25.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $24.66. AGNC Investment has a twelve month low of $21.81 and a twelve month high of $25.79.

AGNC Investment Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, January 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.4844 per share. This represents a $1.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 31st.

AGNC Investment Company Profile

AGNC Investment Corp. provides private capital to housing market in the United States. It invests in residential mortgage pass-through securities and collateralized mortgage obligations for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by the United States government-sponsored enterprise or by the United States government agency.